Psalms 38:18
For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
In Context
17For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me.
19But my enemies are energetic, [and] are strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Cross References
Job 33:27He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.
Psalms 51:3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
2 Corinthians 7:7And not only by his presence, but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you, reporting to us your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced the more.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:13-22
Sorrowful Complaints. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves… Read the whole commentary →